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y ll? I jr M. .Wi ^ ititi* LAURENS C. H., S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST If), 1885. NO. 3 ---'--- m ? zrxz A Desperate Thought. "What lt thar? ls n<> Hod I" Tho dreadful tbou/rnt Took hideous shape within my mortnl tmiln, Then Instantly my nhuro of mortui pnln Pressed heavier on my heurt. Like ?OHIO great blot, Hurled out on ?paco, sonio bllghtlng- useless spot Kecking- with tears and bloodshed, frrcod nnd tain, This sorrow-laden world Boomed mudo In vain, And but a Kb?"tly Jest, man's anffutshed lot. Tho universo contractod on my sight, Down to tho limits of n prison pen Ita ono dark door, an opening in tho sod. I Hung my arms up heavenward lu affright. ) or sudden madness menaced me-and then I cried aloud, "There is, thero ls n Owl I" -Ella Wheeler Wilcox. MISTAKEN. Thoughtless Words and tho Iletuilt* Tl.oy Wrought In Two Young Lires. A cool breeze blew up from tho river. lt pl aye 4 among thc reeds and tall grasses oft tho hank and ran lightly up tlie slopo toward tho white, mansion on tho hillside, fluttering thc vine? that fringed the wide piazza where a group of young girls sat chatting, resting, or busying themselves with dainty needle work. "What a delicious breeze!" exclaimed Florence Freeman, rising as abo spoke. Tho slender, thoughtful-looking young man reclining unseen in thc depths of a large onay chah just within one of tho long windows glanced up from tho ? pages of a book in which ho had been nbsorbod, and his dark eyes followed her graceful figuro admiringly. "It acts mo wild to bo doing some thing," she continued, pacing up and down the long porch. "Do you know, virls," pausing abruptly, "we're, a set .of si aves PM "O, Florry?" exclaimed a laughing "vo.ee, "now don't give us a lecture on woman's rights!" "Never fear; that isn't what I was Nilnking of. We are hindered by cir cumstances from being and doing what arc feel is within us to be and do. "Listen, girls," Interrupted another rtice, "Florry is on her high horse. Now wc shall see some prancing." "Laugh away," returned Florence, .Tm in earnest. Why must we, ho SAUso we happen to have drifted into ii eertain channel, or because a particulai course is marked out for us by friends, drift on down thc stream or keep on ir thc sanio course to tho bitter end, oven though we must smother tho best thor? is in our natures in doing so?" Intense feeling emphasized her words nnd her unseen listener found himsol: wondering what personal oxporlenci had prompted them. Amy (?ray liftoc her eyes. "Duty is often unpleasant," sho said "but it is best, after all, to have a scttlci plan and purpose and cling to then through everything. Think what a chao would result if we all followed our owl inclinations, and, worse than that whatever might for tho moment bo on ruling passion." Florence did not answer for a mo ment; her eyes woro roving across tb wide sweep of tho river, where a whit sail glimmered in the afternoon sun shine. "O, yes; there, must ho plans, c . course, ami they must be carried out, o .nothing would bo accomplished. Bu -toko special cases. Then; is cousin Dora for instance. Why must she give ii] Jier pninting to marry Fred Ixmg, more Hy because ano promised to when a mer child, and didn't know what she want edP Of courso I don't say anythinj against Fred. Ho is good ns gold, bu ho can't appreciate her talents. Why he has begun to interfere with her plan already. Says sho works too steadily and wants her to givo up some wor! sho had undertaken in order to ho mai ried sooner. She only laughed over il Of courso she wouldn't say anything but wo can all see sho doesn't lovo him How can she, when he has no sympath with her on that subject? Now, wh can't ?ho say so, and be free?" ..She feels her responsibility," sail Amy's soft voice. "She. knows how dc voted Mr. Long is to her." ^^^^^^^ "Sh-h! hore sh?! comes," whisnerei Edith Stanley as a bright-faced girl Hut Cered up from tho gar?en, liko a dainty white butterfly, and perched herself ol tho steps. A dead silence fell on th group for a moment, and then Dor turned her laughing face toward he cousin: "Go on, Florry. You wero giv lng a loeturo, weren't you? I could hen you 'orating,' but couldn't catch a wor of the discourse." .'It's ended now," ?aid Florence coo ly, mentally resolving never to bo s careless again in mentioning "speen cases," "and unless some ono has take notes you can never hopo to know any thing about it, for it was quito in promptu." And, taking lier cousin' arm, she marched her up and down th piazza humming a gay air. Meanwhile, within tho windows th young man sat motionless, his tinge still between the pages that only n ic moments ago hold him spellbound, n though his world had fallen in mi around him since Florence began lu "loeturo." Outside tho breeze ran among tho tree-tops and ruffled th shining bosom of tho river. Tho Augiv aunshine lay mellow on the grass, bi he hoard nothing, saw nothing. The tea bell rang suddenly and star ed him out of his meditations. Tb girls disappeared with much chatter an gay laughter, and ho rose moohanloall and walked like one in a dream dow through the garden and on into a litt! grove beyond, his ono thought to 1 alone where no human oyo could ad to his torment with its quostionin K- moe. There, under the trees, whei and Dora played in childhood, li walked to ana fro, ono sentence rlnj lng in his ears like a sentence of doon "We can all see sha doesn't lovo him. It was hard to come down from the ph Dacie where he had imagined himse crowned king of one heart. When Dora, only 16 then, had give bim her hand so confidingly as thc walked together In this very grove only lt waa morning then, and snrlnj time, and the air was filled with tl .cent of wild erab-apple blooms, and si wore them at her throat; how plainly 1 could see her now, all in white, and tl {Ink cf her check so like tho daim loesoms-he had taken tho gift ni questioningly, and no doubts had evi assailed him. Ho knew her devcilc to art and waa proud of her sucooss, bi be had never dreamed that it w mid 1 tsatf rfral to her Affections. "Have-1 been so blind?" ho questioned. "O, my littio Dora!" Something must bo done, and thnt at once. Should ho go to Dora and ask if tlieso things wore trueP That would ho like saying "Have you boon deceiving mo nil theso yearsP He could not do it. Ho must wait, witli whet pntienco ho could, until bo could decido for him self. Ho was very thankful that Dora had not quit? decided to bo married in tlie full, as that would bo ono test ho could put her to. It is something to havo an idea that, can bo acted upon at once, and he rotraccd his steps toward tho houso with this ono purpose in view. How shall ho lind a minuto in which to speak alono with DoraP Ho feels that ho cannot bear tlie suspenso until another day shall come, and then mutton to himself, "Fool! what if it must last a lifetime? What if I am nover to know?" As ho reached tho piazza a girlish Toteo cried out eagerly: "O, Mr. Longl whore havo you been hiding yourself r' and in an instant lie was surrounded by a laughing group, who scolded and questioned with such vivacity that their victim found it unnecessary to say a word; it was, in faet, quito impossible. Then Dora rose from the piano, "Here, Dora!" called Edith Stanly, "here is the deserter. What shall bo done to him?" And they led him be fore his bright-eyed judge. Dora hail never before seemed to him .just as she did at that moment-so far away,OS if a great gulf were fixed between them. He could scarcely believe in her bright looks, everything seemed so un real, his life was so shaken to its foun dations. It was only by a great effort that lie arouse?! himself to make some commonplace excuse. Dora's first careless glance at his pal lid face changed to ono of alarm. Tho light from an open window fell upon it j and she saw its deadly pallor. "Why. Fred!" she cried, "you careless boy! You will bo sick again. Come and have some tea." Ami sae led the way to the dining-room. How ho longed to say, "Come Dora, I have something to tell you," and thon, having ber all to him self, pour out these miserable doubts and fears in lier ear and so he free from them. Hut no; here was this crowd of chattering girls -besides, she must not know be lind such doubts. Even if she said, "I love you," could he be sure she was not saying it because she believed it to bo lier duty. And so be finished the evening as best ho could, and all night long his heart tormented him with ceaseless questionings. Several days passed before be found 'an opportunity to speak alone with Dora. Tlie house was filled with a number of young guests, and Dora must bo every where. Fred Long was just now taking a well-earned vacation. After years ot hard work and months of illness he lu d como back to the home of his childhood to regain lost health and strength. Ho had called this the happiest summer ho had known, but now an untimely frost had spoiled its beauty. Among the friends whom Dora was entertaining lier cousin Florence Freeman was tho only one ho bad previously known. Nat urally they drifted together during these miserable days. With Dora lie was suddenly ill ut ease and restless; her quick oyes noted the change, and sho looked about for a cause. Those same quick eves soon noticed the walks and talks with cousin Florence. "No won der she admires him," ?lie said, with a sharp little Jiang at lier heart, mentally contrasting tall, hnndsomo Florence witli ber own little self. Presently thc Hock of merry school girls took Hight. "Only Florence, and you, and I," said Dora; "just ns it used to be." But for both the old charm was destroyed. Ono da}' they walked together along the river bank, and Dora said, "Our playtime is done." "Yes," ho answered, "I must go back to my law books and you must havo timo for your painting." A light came into nor eyes. "Then I am to go on painting?" "Yes," bo said slowly. "I am mak ing this sacrifice for you. I do not wish you to marry me until you have flnishod this work you have set your heart upon. It will occupy your whole winter?" "Yes; perhaps more. (?ive ino a year," she said eagerly, quite uncon scious of tho pain her words inflicted, and only anxious for time wherein to provo whether, after all these years of devotion, Freil could IMI won from ber. "V^ry well," cunio the. answer, calm and steady. No trembling in tho quiet tones to betray tho heart's unutterable anguish* ns it whispered to itself, "How glad slio is to bo free even for a year." As for Dora, her heart was saying, "Ho docs not caro." And then they talked of indifferent matters, theso two foolish ones, and the precious hours in which they might nave understood ouch other slipped away and wero gone forever. Once moro apart, tholr letters weroex olianged at regular intervals -Fred's kind and loving. "Of course," said Dora, "it is lils duty," while Dora's were a curious study had her lover. but known. Each oho a littio cooler, a littio briefer than tho last, until by tho timo spring had dressed tiio fields and woods in green again poor Fred had woll-nigh made up his mimi that Flor ence was right. Dora's heart was all in hor painting; sho had grown quito weai v of him. "This suspense is killing me," ho would say; "but I'll wait-it is bettor it will soon be over." And Dora, working herself to a shad ow over hor painting, would think: "Tho end cannot bc far off. Ho will soon IKJ free." Early in tho summer Fred found him self again in tho old familiar haunts, but, alas! tho old joyous light was want ing every whore. A shade, a mist, seemed hanging over everything, and Dora was farther away than over. Thoro wore no merry guests to divide her attention; hut, so absorbed, so si lent, did she seora, ho could hardly be ll ove lt was tho samo Dora ho had known in other days. A woek passed by-a woek of mingled paradise and torment. Sometimos he would be on tho point of saying to ber: "Dora, I will stand in your way no longer;" but a faint hope .dill lingered, ami ho could not crush lt so ruthlessly. At other times ho could almost boliovo himself mistaken-all theso months a fearful dream-when hor eyes met bia ?o onrnostty and soon UH! Hied for a mo mont willi iho old, wann !i^rlit. They Kit together one dav upon a little rustie pout, chatting and resting after a walk. Frc.il had ta!.en sumo letters from his pocket which he wished to show to Dora. A picture foll from anion".; them. Dora stooped to recover it. ..Cousin Florry," she murmured) and Fred began making some common place remark upon ?ts eor root noss. Then, glancing at his companion's face, ho was .startled at Un duality nullor. "Dora!"' ho cried, "you aro ill. Wo Walked too far. Yon must rest." "No. I'm not ill." Kile said almost sharply. "How lovely Florence ls." "Yes. indeed. She is well-nigh per fect. But then; is only one Dorn in all tho world.'' taking her little, cold hand in his. "Without Dota tht! world is meaningless to me." Dora's oyi'8 were Boanning tho dis tant hills. Slit: made no reply. She was stooling her heart against him "He wants to bo true." site thought, "hut I w ill have no such lov .." "Dora, you art; not happy." She started. "Not perfectly so. What mortal IsP" "lt seems lt? me / would h.! if only tilings could la; tis they once were be tween us." This was the first allusion be hail made to the fact that he hail noticed any change in their relations. Dorn realized that a crisis was com ing. She simply ?waited it in silence.. She would neither strive to avert nor to hasten it. "I have sometimes feared that you ami I have been mistaken. That is the word, 1 think. If so. I love you too well to ask yon to ket p a promise which has become hateful to you." Dora rose from ber seat; a stubb a lire tlamod in her pale chook. She hehl her hand out toward him thc dear littlt! band that wort: his ring. Some thing in lier air bewildered him. Ho stootl a moment motionless, then seized the hand in both his own. Slit! shook him off Impatiently anti thew thc ring from ber linger. Now be understood. "Without a Word, Dora?" ht! said, struggling for self-command as a man might battle for life against tho waves of a sea. "What is there to say?" asked Dora, her voice clear as a silver bell, while her eyes shone like two stars. Anti again he tobi himself that lie: "She is gTndl" Anti so they paltetl. '1 he tie formed almost in childhood was broken, anti they wont their separate ways. Day after day Dora's pale, resolute fact! bent over her canvas, anti she steadietl ber trembling band for greater achievements, she worked too bani, they saith She was too ambitious; she put too much of her lifc-hlood into tho strokes tif her brush, and a few months ondod the struggle. Ho came again to tho dear old house besitle tho river; a crowd of friends bad gathered there, but Dora gave them no welcome. Tale anti silent sho lay anti stirred not a linger nor an eyelash for any of their tears. He sbiotl there with Florence, and that still form between them; its smiling lips wcro no mora si lent now than they had boon in life. A dumb patience was marked on the sweet face, hut they never guessed its meaning. "If she might only havo lived I" sobbed Florence. Fretl spoke not, but tho bitter cry of his heart was, "If I could only know that sho lovctl me!" Anti they never dreamed, these two her nearest and dearest-that they had slain her. " Gooroo Sheridan's Joke. (Jen. George H. Sheridan, "of Louisi ana," lives now at the Union Squaro hotol anti is coming to bo known as a Union Square notability. Ho has had a checkered political carcor, but ho has hail a goon living through it all, evi dently, for ho has grown stouter and stouter with each succeeding year, until his short figuro now carries upward of 250 ]M>untls of flesh. As a stump speaker ho has been and still is in great demand. His talks aro a mixturo of witty stories anti eloquence which is taking with tho people A politician of Ohio related to mo yesterday an incident of ono of Sheridan's engagements which had a ludicrous ending. Sheridan was posted tor a speech in a manufacturing town in northern Ohio. It was an off year, ami tho Democrats wore expecting to carry the county through Republican in difference and tho labor vote. They didn't want Sheridan to make n speech for fear ho would rouse up all the Repub licans, but how to keep him away was a pi willem. They hit upon a plan at last, and when Sheridan arrived ho was surprised to moot a cordial reception from several Domocratio acquaintances who pressed him with invitations to go out and "smile." Ho finally went out with thom anti was conducted to a saloon v. here ho found a number of ot lier choico spirits, hut all Democrats. Thoy bogan to ply him with invitations to (trink, and it soon popped into his head that they had a schemo to make him drunk and let tho mooting bo a failure hcClltlSO of h'lS l ion al I e 111 ia nee. When ho bocamo satisfied that this was their gamo he wont in for as much fun as anyone. It was 2 o'clock when thoy went Into thc saloon. At half-past 7 he walked out with a slightly unsteady stop, but with a perfect control of his motions, while every othor man of tho oroT/d was lintier tho table. He wont to tho hall where ho was to speak and do llvorcd ono of the finest efforts of his lifo, not forgetting to toll tho story of how tho onomy had tried to tri]) him up. The county rang with his speech for a week, and was carried for the Republi cans.-N. Y. Tribune. On His Tongue's End. Col. Fizzlotop has a wretched memory. Ho is very muon puzzled to remember tho simplest thing that ia told him. "What is the name of that patent medicine Col. Witherspoon told me to get for my HverP" ho asked his wifo. "I c<nrl remomber tho namo to sara my life." "I ca? ? eithor. My memory is getting worse and worse every djy. Let me see. I had lt on tho end of my tongue a minute ago." Little Johnny spoko up and said: "Stick out your tongue, pa, and let mo toe it Perhaps that name la on lt yat."- Texat 8%JUnq*. A PECULIAR CUSTOM? A I.nd in on i FrAOttea In Which Mun, O. i II II Travelers are Compelled t?> Tako l'art. A Cambridge undergraduate, now on his way to the cape in u trading vessel, sends the following interesting eoinmu ideation to tho Pail Mall Gazettes Ono of the oldest customs of tho sea lately came under my notice, and in such a way as I am not. likely to forget. A? usual after our 'J o'clock tea, we were seated in tho saloon enjoying mir game of cribbage, when a blast from the fog horn, fit lo awaken the dead, put an ?md to our cards. Hurriedly we. made for the (leek, where a sight never to bo for gotten met our eyes. Tho evening was dark and cloudy, tho moon entirely hid den, but tlie (leek was. brilliantly illu minated with blue lights. From the fore castle was issuing a procession that baffles description. First walked Father Neptune himself, leading on his arm his young and beautiful wife, Ainpliitrite. Neptune was dressed in long, white flowing robes - that is, a nightshirt; around his head waved his gray locks, blowing before tho wind in every direc tion; his beard reached below his waist; on his head he wore a miter of such tremendous sizu us to drive any bishop wild with envy; in his hand he boro his trident. His wife's dress was evidently on tho plan of "beauty unadorned." for some red paint, a small red Hag, and a pair of red bathing-drawers constituted her costume. Her llnxen hair in curly masses roached ker knees. Following this august couple walked the hero of tho evening -tho barber. Dressed all in white, wearing a hat tho shape of a dice-box, half white, half black, with curly white hair and whiskers, he was sublime; but the sublime changed into tho awful when ono perceived that he carried in his hands instruments of tor turo rivaling in their latent cruelty even those of the Inquisition, Imagino stand ing and gazing upon a bucket of Hour and water mixed to about tho thickness of liquid glue, of which you know you will receive a large share-on your head. Recover, if you can, from that sight, and look again. In his other hand he holds a razor of such magnitude that it would not be ill amiss for felling trees, and think that soon that edge of rough, rusty iron will be plowing its meander ing course over your innocent jaws. Following this torturer carno two policemen armed with cudgels and dark lanterns. Behind them crowded tho crew. In spite of the awful solemnity of the scene, one could not but admire the. dark, cloudy sky, the sea a blaze of phosphorescence, tho nickering summer lightning, the grouping of the actors. Halting before tho after dook, Neptune, in a haul voice, with such calm disre gard as to where he put his H's as would make any classical author turn in his grave, gave utterance, "Faring that some of the crew of this ship is such as they 'ave not vet crossed tho loi no, and bin baptoixen, my sons. I ham 'ero to seo them done so." Evidently Nep tune's intercourse with British sailors has been to thc disadvantage of Iiis elo quence. The sailors, at tho finish of Neptune's speech, cheered loudly, while from their midst stepped the two brawny police men, ono of whom was a nigger from Demorara, and seized upon T. Mean while the torturer was not idle. He had seated himself upon a low stool, with his bucket before him, in his left hand a brush liko a housemaid's broom, while with his right ho was sharpening his razor on tho companion-ladder railings. Alas for poor T. Ho stood smiling be fore his executioner, who, evidently thinking tho occasion far too solemn to smile at, put an end to his innocent merrimont by inserting as much as he possibly could of his mixture into his mouth. While he was engaged in choking and spitting out what ho could of the concoction. Ids head was being covered to such an extent as to render his features quito indistinguishable. Then that awful razor came into usc, its broad, rusty edge scraping away tho dough like a plow in a clay soil. Hut how difficult it is to take the dough out of ono's eyes and mouth with a razor blade three feet long, one can not im agine till one has tried! His satanic majesty, I moan thc barber, having scraped off as much as pleased his fancy, the two policemen caine to the foro again, armed with buckets of cold water, which, utterly regardless of what part of tho victim's body received the wnUir, they threw in quick succession over him. I was the next victim, and went through the same terrible routine; but nt last it was all over, and I issued from tho cold-water cuni quito ready to see tho fun in treating the others to their dose. It was u novel experience, and ono not likely to bo forgotten. Then followed the other* who had not crossed the line, some hail-dozen of them, bul two wore missing. Tho police were soon after them, but it was an hour bo fore the first was found, lying under neath the boilers in about tho temper ature of tho place I had wished tho bar ber in when I was being shaved. All this ho endured rather than face his shaving, or I should say, shaving his face, llo was quickly dragged upon tho scene, and paid tho penalty of his fear by receiving a doublo dose. Soon after this tho other, a boy, was found concealed in a sail in tho rigging; ho, too, got what he deserved for trying to escupo justice. After all wore baptized, wo had some songs and dances, thc har bor being especially good at tho latter, and oreakdowns. Poor Noptnno had terrible trouble with his wife, who, sud dcr.iy discovering herself among a lot of rallors, became "skittish"-naturally, what woman would not? Tho songs and dancing finished, grog handed all round, anil with throe oncers for us from tho crow, wo retired to our cabins to put OH dry clothes, and to tear out handfuls of hair in endeavoring to rid our he.ul * of dough. And ?g. wc crossed tho line. A Boston eheinist has discovered a way of extracting an essential od from cnioiis, with which toav>* can be pro duced at pleasure. Ono drop of thia oil on a handkerchief will produce a copious flood. Tho oil bids fair to havo a largo sale. Mlle, do Lossepa la her l.dhor's confi dent!;\ soorotary. and Julian Hawthorne's Ideas? Mr. Julian Hawthorne, (hu novelist, was recently Interviewed hy a Chicago Daily News reporter. Tho conversation turned upon tho estimation placed hy Europeans on American works of fiction, and tho question was asked: "Do you think the American novel is growing in popularity abroad, and what are its distinctive leal mes thought to be by foreigners?"' ..Tho American novel is certainly growing in popularity abroad, especial ly in England, as will ho seen hy tho frequent English reprints of our bettor novels. The reason for this is t bat there are at present so few tolerable novelists in England. The English novel bas been written to death, and, as oven novel-readers must have occasional nov elty, they turn to our hooks willi relief. The distinctive features of our work probably appear to them to bo new sit uations, social conditions, and types of character and a certain minute accuracy of treatment from the literary point of view. Average English novel-writing is very slip-shod and careless." "What ls your opinion of thc school of 'mental vivisection'?" "1 am not myself in sympathy with that school. 'Mental vivisection1 isoasy writing, but bard writing. 1 think it is due to a lack of mental energy end of imagination in those who practico it. It amounts to importing vour note books into your story, instead of show ing only tho results and embodiment of a provious analysis, and is done by Sbakspcarc and thc best writers." "Do you consider this departuro of literature a part of tin; progress of thc time or a morbid outcome of days too prosperous for romance?" "I think it has nothing to do with the progress of the time. lt only indicates that our novelists make li ss uso of their imagination than any other class of our community. Perhaps the recognition they receive is too faint to Stimulate them. The difficulty is certainly not on the side of any deficiency of stirring times. Timidity and lack of solf-contt dctlCO have more to do with it. Our writers consider their audience too much ; no audience that they can reach is worth considerings as a literary tri bunal. 'Inspiration is deprecated, ns if it neust be eitler untrustworthy or ill bred. A masculine poet or novelist is much needed, and it might he well, at this stage of otu*literary history, to make it a penal offense for any woman to write a story." "Do modern novelists make their tuen and women do nothing hut sit still and talk because there is nothing else for them to do?" "I shall rather say because it is easier to write clever dialogue than to portray characteristic action.*1 "What are your methods of working? Do yon depend principally upon your observations or on your imagination .' ' "Observation is always of ssistnilCO in imaginative w rk if it can ? sutll ciontlj emancipated from individual in stances. On the other band, nothing spoils a fictitious character so sundy as to make il conform too closely to any real model, 'thc. requirements of the story must he allowed to mold and adapt it or thc story will he ruined." "Do you have regular hours for work or do you wait for an inspiration?" "I never wait for an inspiration, and am not aware of having every been vis ited by any. I generally take a walk in the morning and writ?; in the afternoon and evening. Hut I keep no strict rule in such matters." "Doyou know what tho 'terrible se cret' of 'Thc Marble Faun1 was, or what the 'mystery that surrounded Miriam?" "if 1 knew 1 would t * -11 with pleasure. My father never explained it. because it did not come within the design of the story that the 'secret' should he anything but a typical secret - a human being polluted liv involuntary association with the sin of others. The Conci tragedy is an instance cf such an occurrence, and is therefore made prominent in tho story, but whether or not Miriam was tho victim of a .> indar castrophc was her private business, and of no import to tlie moral of the tale." A Light-Giving Mexican Insect. At a recent meeting of the Academy of Sciences at Paris a plat?! half filled willi water, ia which were half a dozen insects about an inch in length, which shone like diamonds, although the room was filled with sunshine, was passed around among the members. Thcso in sects had been brought from Mexico, where they are to bo found in tim for ests. The scientific name is the pyro phore; and, as none had ever been seen before in Europe, they created quito a sensation. The light resembles that of a glow-worm or fire-fly, although as much more brilliant ami intense as an electric-light surpasses a wax taper in its power of illumination, When the light begins to fade it can bo made as brilliant as before bj' shaking the in sect or dipping it in water. It is said tho Indians of Mexico usc them for a light at night, and a few will sullieo to illumin. do .ill entire room. When they are walking at night they put ono on each foot so that they can he sure of their way, and also that they do not step on any venomous snake or reptile, willi which the tropical forests abound. Tho Mexican ladies buy them of the In dians and inclose them in a transparent, bag, which they wear in their hair or at the neck. Tho effect is very beautiful, especially when several aro worn; and, ns the Indians sell them for a few conta a dozen, they are within tiio roach of every fair ono. They aro fed on sugar cane, and if well taken care of will livo a long time! Ono placed upon a pago will enable it to bo read with caso m thc darkest night,--Scientific American. Among tho young mon of title and fortune who may bo said to bo coming on for the next Ixmdon season is Sir Honry Alfred Doughty Tiehborno, who will in May next l>o of age. Tho youth ful Baronet is now in his 20th your, having been born in May, 18C6. Tho necessity of defending his property against the celebrated Tiehborno Cia! ni ant lins entailed upon his tnistoes tho onotmous expenditure of ?120,000. His estates aro in Hampshire. Lincolnshire, Dorsetshire, and Buckinghamshire, and nprownt between ll,HM) and 12,000 acres. There aro in addition, London proportion, bringing up Ibo gross rent roll to ?28,000 a year. Identified by Min Drinks. "Brandy smash, sir? Yes, sir,1' and ail up-town hurtondor [inmediately bc gan to shovel icc Into a glass, and soon crushed tho mint prior to completing tho bovcragc. ..From tlio south, slr, I reckon," said tho bartender, as tho writer set down tho empty jjflass. "Why do you ask?" said the reporter, Yankee fashion. "Well, you see, we can generally lix the nationality of tho visitor by Iiis drinks. Most Americans that drink go in for gin or whisky cocktails in the morning. A Frenchman takes eland and iee, or if ho ?8 hard on it some cog nac or absinthe. A Dutchman or Prus sian wants beer. Chinamen don't do much bar drinking, hut lately the stew ard of this hotel toi Is mo some of them have been strengthening their tea with brandy. They must drink a good deal of tea to judgo by the brandy I have been sending them. Englishmen run heavier on ah? and brandy, hut seldom conic to the bar, especially in the morning. We haven't had any Japs yet, but the bartender of a hotol where a party of them are slopping tells me that they are getting very fondof lager. In this coun try every state has its own particular style of drink. Whisky is at the top. A New Yorker wants rye all the time, a Pennsylvanian calls for Monongahela, the Kentuckians stick up for Bourbon, and it is nearly certain death to offer a drinker from Florida or Georgia any hut corn whisky. Jorseymcn take applejack in preference to anything else, while. Delawareans must have peach brandy and honey. Missourians, as a rule, are great whisky drinkers: they want their whiskv straight and strong and plonty of it. North-Carolina, Alabama, Louisi ana. Tennessee, and other southern states send us groat fancy drinkers. The beat barkeepers In Ibo world como front tho south. Since the California 'vines have come out, the Po cilio pcopl have called heavily for ca tawba, but half of them can't tell the difference between a still catawba and an ordinary Sauterno." "Suppose J ou don't have tho particu lar brand of whisky a gentleman calls for?" "Well, that's easily settled. There are very few bars that don't keep rye and Bourbon, and, between you aral me, there are not many drinkers who can tell the difference. Most bars keep two or more bottles of whisky- all drawn from the same barrel: and, if a barkeep er understands his business, ho can make a niau think he is drinking rye when he is actually drinking Bourbon. Pad rye whisky with a dash of common hitlers in it can hi' made to pass as corn ^ h ?sky." "Ari- fancy drinks in much demand now?" "Fairly so. Sometimes a bartender has to he sharp to keep up with the or ders. Tie' other day a southerner came in ,tn<l ordered junk ?d' nie. What the deuce junk was I did not know, so I hail to trust to my wits. 1 found out after a little that junk was a compound of applejack and cider, or another name for stone fence. Another time a gontlo mail wanted an Albano punch, 1 asked whether hu preferred brandy or Santa. Cruz rum, and when he answered I knew what an Albany punch was, for nearly all punches an- built on the same prescription. "What are the principal fancy drinks called for?" "Wed!, New Yorkers take naturally to milk punches and whisky and gin sours. Southerners are heavy on sherry cob blers, mint juleps, blandy smashes, brandy juleps, ami Bourbon sours. Philatfolnhians, when they don't take ale or beer, or take their whisky Straight, call for cocktails, whisky smashes, Roman punch, and Fish honst! punch. Fish house punch is one of the. nicest th inks known, lt is made of whisky, .Jamaica ruin, anti several cor dials, together with lemon ami oranges. But the same thinks go hy different naines in different parts of the country." -New York MuH und Express. The I .i e ;?, h i II : ( ; ;i . "Fad." Tho helles of Now York are quick to grab right hold of new ideas that aro frivolous, ami it is a pity that their in clination in that respect cannot he di verted Into higher and broader chan nels. I went yesterday to have a tooth pulled. New York has several plnOOS exclusively for that jerky sort of sur gery, wherein no other dentistry Is prac ticed, and where great quantities of laughing-gas are used. Tho accustomed patient sits placidly down In tho chair, breaths out of the bag, gOCS lo sloop, anti awakens in a minnie or so to (Ind that his tooth is gone. Ho lias suffered noititer dread nor pain. Bul Iho novices do not divest themselves of tho frigid of anticipation, and tho waiting-room is therefore full of wobogoiio laces anti trembling limbs, and tho voice of per suasion is constantly raised. This time, however. 1 saw a bevy of fashionably dressed giris, not one of whom showed symptoms of aching le th or palpitating terror. "Now. ladies." said one of tho Operators, "please step Ibis way." They went into the sanctum, but were not so perfectly secluded that I could not si c what was done to them. Fach in turn took a blithesome seat in the chair, breathed the gas, fell back insensible, speedily aroused herself, and gave place tt? another subject. Then they paul 60 cents apiece and departed, laughing and chattering. "They take the gas for cxhileration," saitl tho doctor, when I asketl for an explanation. "It is usually a cure for headache, it vivifies a jaded brain, anti it has suddenly become a stylish thing to take. After a late night at a recep tion, or any other cause of lassitude, the helles visit us in parties like tho otift you've seen, nnd tako light doser ol laughing-gas. That is the latest sw "ll fad, you know." It may interest tho fair wearers of seal sacques to know how many big, round, liquid eyes have boen shut hy tho cruel lance of commerce In the North Atlantic this year. Of the. Dundee licet of steain ors seven went to Newfoundland and captured 78,390 seals, a.s against 84.829 last year. Four ships went to Greenland and slaughtered 10,760, as against 17,110 last year. Tea was introduced into Scot' Uic Duke of York in 162?. A Whole Faintly PoUoned. Thc colored people of Haropstoad, Texas, have been thrown ?tito a stato ot" great excitement over a report which lias just como in of a whole tinnily of negroes being poisoned at Hostil station, on tho II. & T.C. Rail road, distant about six miles north of that place. Tho circumstances are as follows : A family of negroes, of whom Morris Johnson is tho head, were poisoned on Saturday beforo last by eating the flesh of a stolen hog which had been dosed with strychnine. Tho hog's owner, to trap tho thief, who was evidently appropriating his pork cs, administered to some of the testai adose of poison. Tho result abovt mentioned ensued. Hill Harris and Henry Clay, two guests ol Morris Johnson, and Johnson's step-daughter have died, and several of tho family are in a critical condition. Chloroform and Robbery. Thc Cincinnati Sun publishes tho following: US. E. Chamberlain, a stock dealer living near Toledo, was found insensible in Mill Creek bottom carly this morning and, after being restored, stated that ho arrived in this cit y Tuesday night ; that lie entered a hack at thc depot and requested to bo driven to tho Palace Hotel. After he had proceeded some distance he said he beard a peculiar noise as of air escaping from a tube, and soon after wards lost all consciousness until this morning. His pockets bad been rifled of $120 and a valuable gold watch. Thc police claim that the hack was 'fixed' by means of a pipe extending from the driver's scat to the inside of thc vehicle, so arranged as to enable thc driver to force a sleep-producing I gas into thc inside." THE LAUKENS BAR. JOHN C. HASKELL, N. B. DIAL, Columbia, S. C. Laurens, S. C. HASKELL & DIAL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, LAURENS C. II., S. C. J. T. .JOHNSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, OFFICE- Fleming's Corner, Northwest side of Public Square. LAURENS C. IL, S. C. J. C. OAKLINGTON, A T T O R N E Y AT LAW, LAURENS C. II., S. C. Office over W. IL Garrett's Store. W. C. BENET, F. P- M'OOWAK, Abbeville. Laurens. ?ENKT & MCGOWAN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, LAURENS C. H., 8. C. J. W. FERGUSON. OEO. F. YOUNO. FERGUSON ft YOUNG, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, LAURENS C. II., S. C. R. 1?. TODD. W. II. MARTIN. TODD & MARTIN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, LAURENS C. H., S. C. N. J. HOLMES. II. Y. SIMPSON. HOLMES & SIMPSON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, LAURENS C. II., 8. C. Dr. W. H. BAZiZi, 1U.XTIST. OFFICE OVER WILKES' BOOK AND DRUG STORE. 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